CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Director of the 2.3 million-strong Texas Baptist Christian Life Commision, Suzzi Paynter tells Betsy how, more than anything recent like An Inconvenient Truth, her denomination’s efforts to protect Texas from TXU’s 18 planned coal-fired power plants is the natural articulation of a faith that requires its faithful to act as stewards of all creation. LISTEN […]

Richard Louv is Director of the Children & Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from Nature Deficit Disorder — a book that one of our guests cites as an influence on a weekly basis. Richard and Betsy talk about what we all risk by raising children who lack […]

John Rivera, the Founder & CEO of the US Sustainable Energy Corporation, tells Betsy about his new biofuel (not biodiesel!), made at a much much faster rate than other fuels and also from 100% renewable resources, that will be both a solution to global warming and a key to an energy-independent future for our nation: […]

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tells Betsy about his letter to the American Enterprise Institute in response to their offer of $10,000 to any scientist who would challenge science showing that global warming is human-caused, so that they can continue to sow confusion, and put the brakes on all the progress we, the majority, are making: “It […]

Mighty Leaf Tea founder Gary Shinner sits down with Betsy to talk about Mighty Tea’s biodegradable tea bags, evolving along with the evolving organic food sectors, and the cardiovascular and anti-cancer benefits of tea. LISTEN (11 min)

Jane Kirkland joins Betsy to reminisce about attending Al Gore’s Climate Training Conference, and to tell the funny story of the accident that led to her writing an award-winning series of educational books designed to increase our children’s exposure and consciousness of the outdoors. LISTEN (9 min)

Betsy’s climate change debate buddy Chris Horner (of the Competitive Enterprise Institute) pays a visit to EcoTalk to continue the conversation they had last week on Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes. The difference in Horner’s tone between his Fox and EcoTalk visits is striking, and underscores the ways in which he and like-minded cohorts continue […]

Jen Rapp of Patagonia tells Betsy about recycling both Patagonia and (because they won’t do it) their competitors’ clothes, and the numerous examples of how, since day one, Patagonia has put their money where their mouth is. For example, do you know of any other company that pays their employees full salary and benefits for […]

Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi brings us an ode to a melting North Pole, last week’s skeptic-slaying IPCC report, evidence of a climate science-suppressing US government, and Natural Capitalism–opining Hunter Lovins. LISTEN (8 min)